Kauaiina ioxantha

Kauaiina ioxantha is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Kauaiina ioxantha
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K. ioxantha
Binomial name
Kauaiina ioxantha
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Xanthorhoe ioxantha Meyrick, 1899
  • Fletcherana ioxantha

It has a large amount of orange and yellow scaling. This scaling is flat over the entire face, and it is not drawn out into a peak or erected in front as it is on the other species of the genus Fletcherana, to which it was formerly assigned.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.


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